Lead Story - 2/27/2022

American League Rookie of the Year Candidates

SP Gerrit Cole, NYY
OF Bryce Harper, NYY
RP Roberto Osuna, NYY
3B Kyle Seager, HOU
SP Michael Wacha, TEX

League Chat Box

2/23/2022

2015 Award Winners

MVP
AL: 3B Miguel Cabrera, BOS
NL: OF Mike Trout, COL

Cy Young
AL: SP Kerry Wood, BOS
NL: SP Jose Fernandez, COL

ROY
AL: TBD
NL: TBD

Silver Slugger
AL
C: Jarrod Saltalamacchia, KCR
1B: Brandon Belt, TEX
2B: Daniel Murphy, HOU
3B: Miguel Cabrera, BOS
SS: Andrew McCutchen, TBR
OF: Jeff Francoeur, CHW
OF: Jay Bruce, KCR
OF: Elijah Dukes, CLE
DH: Carlos Gonzalez, TOR

NL
C: Brian McCann, PHI
1B: Justin Smoak, CHC
2B: Robinson Cano, SFG
3B: Ryan Braun, PHI
SS: Everth Cabrera, CHC
OF: Mike Trout, COL
OF: Denard Span, WAS
OF: Justin Upton, STL
DH: Alex Rodriguez, SFG

Gold Glove
AL
C: Martin Maldonado, BAL
1B: Paul Goldschmidt, TBR
2B: Brandon Phillips, LAA
3B: Blake DeWitt, LAA
SS: Troy Tulowitzki, HOU
OF: Andruw Jones, LAA
OF: Craig Gentry, CHW
OF: Carlos Gonzalez, TOR

NL
C: J.T. Realmuto, PIT
1B: Freddie Freeman, LAD
2B: Robinson Cano, SFG
3B: Albert Pujols, SFG
SS: Jed Lowrie, ATL
OF: Willy Taveras, SDP
OF: Mike Trout, COL
OF: Byron Buxton, NYM

2/23/2022

2016 Draft Order

FIRST ROUND
1) Minnesota Twins
2) Seattle Mariners (via New York Mets)
3) San Diego Padres
4) Los Angeles Dodgers
5) Atlanta Braves
6) Arizona Diamondbacks
7) Toronto Blue Jays
8) Atlanta Braves (via Cincinnati Reds)
9) Baltimore Orioles
10) Pittsburgh Pirates
11) Detroit Tigers
12) Miami Marlins
13) Colorado Rockies (via Chicago White Sox)
14) Milwaukee Brewers
15) New York Yankees
16) Tampa Bay Rays
17) Boston Red Sox (via Oakland Athletics)
18) Los Angeles Angels
19) Seattle Mariners
20) Texas Rangers
21) Boston Red Sox (via St. Louis Cardinals)
22) San Francisco Giants
23) Cleveland Indians
24) Houston Astros
25) Milwaukee Brewers (via Philadelphia Phillies)
26) Colorado Rockies
27) Cleveland Indians (via Chicago Cubs)
28) Seattle Mariners (via Cincinnati Reds, via Kansas City Royals)
29) Washington Nationals
30) Boston Red Sox

SECOND ROUND
31) Minnesota Twins
32) New York Mets (via Philadelphia Phillies, via New York Mets)
33) San Diego Padres
34) Minnesota Twins (via Los Angeles Dodgers)
35) Atlanta Braves
36) Arizona Diamondbacks
37) Toronto Blue Jays
38) Cleveland Indians (via Cincinnati Reds)
39) Baltimore Orioles
40) Pittsburgh Pirates
41) Detroit Tigers
42) Miami Marlins
43) Boston Red Sox (via Chicago White Sox)
44) Milwaukee Brewers
45) Boston Red Sox (via Cincinnati Reds, via New York Yankees)
46) Tampa Bay Rays
47) Detroit Tigers (via Philadelphia Phillies, via Oakland Athletics)
48) Los Angeles Angels
49) Seattle Mari ners
50) Texas Rangers
51) Cleveland Indians (via St. Louis Cardinals)
52) San Francisco Giants
53) Chicago Cubs (via Cleveland Indians)
54) Houston Astros
55) Minnesota Twins (via Philadelphia Phillies)
56) Baltimore Orioles (via Colorado Rockies)
57) Cleveland Indians (via Chicago Cubs)
58) Cincinnati Reds (via Kansas City Royals)
59) Washington Nationals
60) Boston Red Sox

THIRD ROUND
61) Minnesota Twins
62) New York Mets
63) San Diego Padres
64) Texas Rangers (via Los Angeles Dodgers)
65) Atlanta Braves
66) Arizona Diamondbacks
67) Toronto Blue Jays
68) Cleveland Indians (via Cincinnati Reds)
69) Baltimore Orioles
70) Pittsburgh Pirates
71) Detroit Tigers
72) Miami Marlins
73) Boston Red Sox (via Chicago White Sox)
74) Milwaukee Brewers
75) Detroit Tigers (via New York Yankees)
76) Tampa Bay Rays
77) San Francisco Giants (via Oakland Athletics)
78) Los Angeles Dodgers (via Los Angeles Angels)
79) Seattle Mariners
80) Texas Rangers
81) Cleveland Indians (via St. Louis Cardinals)
82) San Francisco Giants
83) Cleveland Indians
84) Houston Astros
85) Milwaukee Brewers (via Philadelphia Phillies)
86) Colorado Rockies
87) Cleveland Indians (via Chicago Cubs)
88) Kansas City Royals
89) Washington Nationals
90) Boston Red Sox

1/8/2022

Position Changes

2015
BOS: Edgar Gonzalez, SP -> RP COMPLETE
CHC: Scott Lewis, SP -> RP COMPLETE
CLE: Elizardo Ramirez, SP -> RP COMPLETE
CLE: Ramiro Pena, SS/3B -> 2B/SS COMPLETE
CIN: Jeff Francis, SP -> RP COMPLETE
CIN: Oliver Perez, SP -> RP COMPLETE
LAD: Brandon Guyer, OF/OF -> 1B/OF COMPLETE
NYM: Chris Coghlan, OF/2B -> 1B/2B COMPLETE
NYY: Scooter Gennett, 2B/IF -> 1B/IF COMPLETE
NYY: Jean Segura, SS/IF -> 2B/IF COMPLETE
OAK: Jacoby Ellsbury, OF/OF -> SS/OF COMPLETE
OAK: Zach Jackson, SP -> RP COMPLETE
PHI: Luis Castillo, OF/IF -> 2B/IF (previous position) COMPLETE
PHI: Kasen Gabbard, SP -> RP COMPLETE
PIT: Yasmany Tomas, OF/3B -> 3B/OF COMPLETE
SFG: Josh Hamilton, 1B/OF -> OF/1B (previous position) COMPLETE
TEX: Brandon Belt, OF/1B -> 1B/OF COMPLETE

3/21/2021

Traded Draft Picks

COL receives CHW 2016 1st (cap)
BAL receives COL 2016 2nd (Molina)
BOS receives STL 2016 1st (Maholm)
BOS receives CHW 2016 2nd (Jennings)
MIL receives PHI 2016 1st, PHI 2016 3rd (Price)
ATL receives CIN 2016 1st (Saunders)
CHC receives CLE 2016 2nd (Lewis)
PHI receives OAK 2016 2nd (Slowey)
BOS receives OAK 2016 1st (Ankiel)
CLE receives CHC 2016 1st (Hughes)
CLE receives STL 2016 2nd, STL 2016 3rd (Carmona)
MIN receives LAD 2016 2nd (Encarnacion)
BOS receives CHW 2016 3rd (Conger)
CLE receives CHC 2016 2nd, CHC 2016 3rd (Zimmerman)
CLE receives CIN 2016 2nd, CIN 2016 3rd (Johnson)
MIN receives PHI 2016 2nd (Hardy)
SFG receives OAK 2016 3rd (Villareal)
DET receives OAK 2016 2nd (via PHI) (Doolittle)
CIN receives KCR 2016 1st, KCR 2016 2nd (Ethier)
DET receives NYY 2016 3rd, NYY 2017 1st (picks)
PIT receives PHI 2017 1st, PHI 2017 3rd (Yeltich)
BOS receives CHW 2017 1st (cap)
PHI receives NYM 2016 2nd, NYM 2017 2nd (Carrasco)
CLE receives CHC 2017 3rd (picks)
SEA receives NYM 2016 1st (Smyly)
CIN receives NYY 2016 2nd (Arrieta)
BOS receives NYY 2016 2nd (via CIN) (Cain)
SFG receives CIN 2017 2nd (Weaver)
PHI receives LAD 2017 2nd (Pie)
MIN receives CIN 2017 3rd (Patterson)
SEA receives KCR 2016 1st (via CIN) (Loewen)
TEX receives PHI 2017 2nd, LAD 2017 2nd, NYM 2017 2nd (all via PHI) (Hellickson)
TEX receives LAD 2016 3rd (Taylor)
NYM receives NYM 2016 2nd (via PHI) (Feliz)
LAD receives COL 2017 2nd (Encarnacion)
CHC receives CHW 2017 2nd (Ray)
LAD receives LAA 2016 3rd (Pence)

12/5/2020

Cap Trades/Penalties

2015
WAS acquires $2 from BOS
CHW acquires $7 from BOS
MIN acquires $1 from BOS
PIT acquires $2 from BOS
SEA acquires $3 from MIN
TEX acquires $5 from LAD

1/18/2017

Cut Players/Contracts

Listed monetary value is amount of money deducted from cap per season.

2015
CIN: RP Jonathan Sanchez, $2
NYY: RP Steve Cishek, $3
NYY: 3B Jordan Pacheco, $3

2016
NYY: RP Steve Cishek, $3
NYY: 3B Jordan Pacheco, $3

2017
NYY: RP Steve Cishek, $3
NYY: 3B Jordan Pacheco, $3